NEIL BARRETT : HITMAN HIP .
From Fashion Wire Daily .
By Godfrey Deeny .
Neil Barrett has always had a unique vision on menswear and with this spring/summer 2006 collection he had a punchy hit. His streamlined and shrunk silhouette is perfectly right for the moment.
Barrett who has a successful partnership with sportswear giant Puma – in tough times like this a pillar for freedom and creativity -- seems to concentrate more and more on making his name a brand by honing his design signatures: case in point, a single-breasted micro jacket which was shown over and over in this collection. Brandishing his name further, we got a striking selection of accessories stamped with Barrett’s esthetic ranging from hats to great looking mens dress shoes.
Staged in a cool Superstudio show space – this season all of Milan’s designers have done their homework and present their collections in AC equipped spaces – Barret changed the seating plan so the models would walk a large X pattern arnound the room, allwoing them to be seen fully by everyone. He started strong by showing his variations of a classic: the tuxedo. Showing razor-sharp jackets with bermuda shorts and accesorizing this with clubby bow ties, Barrett made a serious effort at bringing forward the ultimate staple in a men’s wadrobe. Accessorizing his men with snug gloves gave the show a cool hitman chic look – even if he labored the poitn more than a tad.
Powered by a big club soundtrack with an old-school Yello track as highlight, we also saw one of the best color palettes in Milan - black, chocolate brown, white and navy. Barrett’s models were young and lean looking guys with slicked backed hair and square jaws. But unlike many of his Milan colleagues who prefer to cast a group of star models with strong torsos, over seasons past Barrett has found his particular guy and look resembling a young and skinny Alain Delon.
Milan is full of designers who are adding denim to their runways and so did Barrett. He went as far as working his tuxedo theme in denim and showed a faded wash on stellar shirts, jackets and multi-pocket jeans. It seems like he is patenting a particular cut with a his round leg made with a front dart where a stripe runs from one cuff over the crotch to the next.
Plus Barrett’s selection of woman’s looks were the best he’s produced. One art lady in a shrunken leather micro bomber worn over a staff faille flared skirt made for a sensational image. No wonder Neil revealed to FWD that considering presenting his first fully fledged womenìs show early next year.
Looking good for Neil .
He certainly deserves it . 
From Fashion Wire Daily .
By Godfrey Deeny .
Neil Barrett has always had a unique vision on menswear and with this spring/summer 2006 collection he had a punchy hit. His streamlined and shrunk silhouette is perfectly right for the moment.
Barrett who has a successful partnership with sportswear giant Puma – in tough times like this a pillar for freedom and creativity -- seems to concentrate more and more on making his name a brand by honing his design signatures: case in point, a single-breasted micro jacket which was shown over and over in this collection. Brandishing his name further, we got a striking selection of accessories stamped with Barrett’s esthetic ranging from hats to great looking mens dress shoes.
Staged in a cool Superstudio show space – this season all of Milan’s designers have done their homework and present their collections in AC equipped spaces – Barret changed the seating plan so the models would walk a large X pattern arnound the room, allwoing them to be seen fully by everyone. He started strong by showing his variations of a classic: the tuxedo. Showing razor-sharp jackets with bermuda shorts and accesorizing this with clubby bow ties, Barrett made a serious effort at bringing forward the ultimate staple in a men’s wadrobe. Accessorizing his men with snug gloves gave the show a cool hitman chic look – even if he labored the poitn more than a tad.
Powered by a big club soundtrack with an old-school Yello track as highlight, we also saw one of the best color palettes in Milan - black, chocolate brown, white and navy. Barrett’s models were young and lean looking guys with slicked backed hair and square jaws. But unlike many of his Milan colleagues who prefer to cast a group of star models with strong torsos, over seasons past Barrett has found his particular guy and look resembling a young and skinny Alain Delon.
Milan is full of designers who are adding denim to their runways and so did Barrett. He went as far as working his tuxedo theme in denim and showed a faded wash on stellar shirts, jackets and multi-pocket jeans. It seems like he is patenting a particular cut with a his round leg made with a front dart where a stripe runs from one cuff over the crotch to the next.
Plus Barrett’s selection of woman’s looks were the best he’s produced. One art lady in a shrunken leather micro bomber worn over a staff faille flared skirt made for a sensational image. No wonder Neil revealed to FWD that considering presenting his first fully fledged womenìs show early next year.
Looking good for Neil .
He certainly deserves it .
There may be a few attractive individual pieces in the collection, but it's hard to get past the hodgepodge styling...
. It was SO humid here last night , it took me all the energy I could muster to get the best of the men's up . 
, i'm quite disappointed with neil barrett this season...i usually like his clothes...but not this time...
) but I'd definetly wear a lot of this menswear collection. Same with the womenswear collection if I were a woman...
They make the model look so stocky.
